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VISITS
SCARLET FEVER - Each case must be inspected before release from quarantine to see that condition of the patient is suitable for release
267
DIPHTHERIA - Before patients are released from quar- antine two successive negative cultures must be obtained
21
CONTAGIOUS HOSPITAL
365
Total number of visits
653
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL
Disease
In Hospital Jan. 1, 1945
Admitted
Discharged Well or Improved
Dead
In Hospital Jan. 1, 1946
Diphtheria
5
18
21
0
2
Scarlet Fever
3
152
147
0
8
Miscellaneous
0
12
10
2
0
Daily average 10:58
562 4/7 weeks treatment
LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS DIPHTHERIA
Negative Positive
Total
January
95
54
149
February
31
14
45
March
27
6
33
April
17
7
24
May
11
2
13
June
38
15
53
July
18
8
26
August
13
4
17
September
20
9
29
October
18
18
36
November
31
19
50
December
5
8
13
Totals
324
164
488
256
ANNUAL REPORTS
TUBERCULOSIS
Negative Positive
Total
January
2
0
2
February
2
0
2
March
6
1
7
April
7
0
7
May
8
1
9
June
4
0
4
July
1
0
1
August
6
0
6
September
4
0
4
October
5
2
7
November
5
0
5
December
6
0
6
Totals
56
4
60
Miscellaneous examinations
68
Total examinations
616
TUBERCULOSIS
During 1945 there were ten deaths from tuberculosis, all from pulmonary tuberculosis and none from other forms.
All patients ill with the disease coming to the attention of the board have either been supervised at their homes by the public health nurses, or have been placed in sanatoria when such treatment was needed.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNIZATION
The department has continued the immunization of pre- school and school children up to the Junior High grade. The three doses of diphtheria toxoid was used.
Pamphlets in schools and advertisements in the local paper advising them of the clinics and where they could obtain the immunization were presented to the parents.
There were 657 children completed the three inoculations.
The immunizations were accomplished without any ill ef- fects as regards to abscesses or reaction.
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The private physicians have also immunized many of the babies, an exact record of which is not submitted to us.
On September 22, 1945 diphtheria clinics for the immuni- zation of children from six months to ten years of age were opened in the Knights of Columbus Building, Highland Ave- nue, Somerville, to be held the fourth Saturday morning of each month. These clinics are to continue once a month in- definitely. There was an attendance of 547 children with 112 completing the three inoculations.
Respectfully submitted,
WILFRED C. MACDONALD M.D. Medical Inspector
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS
Somerville, Mass., January 2, 1946.
To the Board of Health, Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I submit the following as my report for the year ending December 31, 1945.
The word establishment may be construed as including all places coming within the board's jurisdiction.
Number of establishments visited
4211
Complaints investigated
1290
Venereal disease delinquents visited
30
Notices sent
156
All complaints were satisfactorily adjusted.
CONDEMNATIONS
Poultry
750 1bs.
Apples
50 lbs.
Bacon
5 lbs.
Pears
15 lbs.
Smelts
5 lbs.
Oranges
1/2 doz.
Eggs
1 doz.
Crackers
80 1bs.
Potatoes
15 lbs.
Rolls
2 doz.
Frankforts
35 1bs.
Peanuts
48 pkgs.
Tomatoes
4 lbs.
Candy
1200 lbs.
Candy Bars
1362
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY T. MURRAY, Chief Inspector
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BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND VETERINARIAN
Somerville, Mass., January 2, 1946.
To the Board of Health, Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The following is my report for the year ending December 31, 1945.
There were a total of 545 calls made in connection with dog bites during the year by me.
The inspection of the City Home farm animals was done by me as in the past few years.
Respectfully submitted,
EINER W. JOHANSEN D.V.M.
Inspector of Animals and Veterinarian
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DENTAL HYGIENE
Somerville, Mass., January 2, 1946.
To the Board of Health, Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the report of the Department of Dental Hygiene for the year 1945 with the following statistics.
Respectfully submitted,
ANTHONY F. BIANCHI, D.M.D., Supervising School Dentist
-SCHOOL CHILDREN-
CLINIC CASES HOSPITAL -WELFARE CASES-
------- SOLDIERS' RELIEF CASES-
January
663
164
74
0
901
673
254
. 175
1254
128
163
0
0
0
12
30
12
0
5
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
February
430
110
69
0
609
381
198
137
844
113
103
0
0
0
9
20
9
0
4
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
March
649
166
95
0
910
494
318
239
1163
129
201
2
2
4
20
43
20
0
17
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
April
613
174
67
0
854
522
319
169
1191
110
174
2
2
6
12
22
12
0
5
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
May
574
131
86
0
824
471
274
205
1097
132
139
5
5
18
10
16
10
0
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
June
327
56
61
0
434
260
169
154
501
114
89
1
1
2
9
12
9
0
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
July
SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED
August
SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED
September
SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED
October
11,040
SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED
November
418
132
49
0
589
390
220
177
842
103
118
1
1
1
5
9
5
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
December
493
279
63
0
833
436
448
178
1125
61
308
2
2
4
2
3
2
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
4167
1212
564
0
5954
3627
2200
1434
8017
890
1295
13
13
35
79
155
79
0
48
32
0
0
0
0
0
0
Surgery :- None
Number Examined
Old
New
Cascs
Cases
Total Number
of Patients
Number of
Number of
Extractions
Number of
Cleanings
Number of
tificates Granted Number of Cer-
Number Given
Novocain
Number
Given Gas
Number of
Patients Number of
Extractions
Number of
Extractions Number of
Patients of Number
Hospital
Number
Ethyl Chloride Novocain or
Given Gas
Number of
Number of
at Clinic
at Hospital
Novocain or
Ethyl Chloride
Number
Given Gas
Patients
Patients
Emergency
Special
Fillings
Number
Patients
Extractions
Number Patients
Number Patients
Number
Patients
Clinic
Number at
of
Treatments
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BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR
CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
January 2, 1946.
To the Board of Health, Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen :
Four hundred and fifty-seven stores are licensed to sell milk, sixty-three dealers are licensed to distribute milk and ninety-four stores registered to sell oleomargarine. Five pas- teurizing plants located in Somerville are licensed to operate while forty-two plants in cities and towns outside Somerville, are under the supervision of this department. An average of 40,000 quarts of milk and 1,000 quarts of cream are distributed daily in Somerville. Two hundred seventy-six stores are licens- ed to sell and nineteen dealers are licensed to manufacture frozen desserts.
The following tables 1, 2 and 3 are a summary of the work of the department for the year :
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TABLE 1
Receipts
Month
License Applications
License
Fees
Cash for
Analyses
Cash Paid
City Treasurer
Analyses on
Account
Total Income
for Department
January
9
$5.00
$0.00
$5.00
$182.50
$187.50
(a) February
32
347.50
7.50
355.00
93.50
448.50
(b) March
53
281.00
0.00
281.00
95.50
376.50
(c) April
34
192.00
3.00
195.00
89.00
284.00
May
525
314.50
0.00
314.50
143.50
458.00
June
159
99.50
2.00
101.50
138.00
239.50
(c) July
43
42.00
0.00
42.00
144.50
186.50
August
10
7.00
.50
7.50
198.50
206.00
(d) September
11
26.00
0.00
26.00
171.50
197.50
(c) October
11
16.50
0.00
16.50
193.00
209.50
November
21
13.00
1.00
14.00
187.00
201.00
December
7
4.00
0.00
4.00
147.00
151.00
Totals
915
$1,348.00
$14.00
$1,362.00
$1,783.50
$3,145.50
(a) 1 Pasteurizing; 12 Mfr. Frozen Desserts included
(b) 7 Mfr. Frozen Desserts included
(c) 1 Pasteurizing included
(d) 2 Pasteurizing included
TABLE 2
Examinations
Month
Chemical Samples
Collected
Bacteria
Samples
Collected
Total
Collections
Sediment
Tests
Samples
Submitted
Microscopical
Examinations
Examinations
January
12
12
24
12
501
22
559
February
72
74
146
72
257
89
564
March
83
84
167
83
312
103
665
April
99
102
201
102
264
122
689
May
70
72
142
70
337
84
633
June
86
88
174
86
339
101
700
July
143
143
286
94
649
114
1143
August
80
82
162
80
543
102
887
September
87
87
174
90
395
130
789
October
82
79
161
79
446
99
785
November
52
55
107
52
415
75
649
December
47
47
94
47
338
67
546
Totals
913
925
1838
867
4796
1108
8609
Total
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TABLE 3
Inspections
Month
Dairy, R. R.
Milk Stations
Creameries
Milk and Ice
Cream Plants
Restaurants
and Stores
Inspections
January
February
44
12
59
March
1
26
10
37
April
5
68
22
95
May
3
52
10
65
June
8
62
125
195
July
4
46
27
77
August
31
61
15
107
September
4
48
26
78
October
5
27
15
47
November
6
40
25
71
December
4
29
19
52
Totals
76
529
327
932
The obsolete analytical balance, now in use, must be re- placed as soon as money is available for purchase of new equip- ment.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. WALLIS Inspector of Milk and Vinegar
This report, a summary of the work performed in the sev- eral sub-divisions of the Board of Health, is respectfully sub- mitted by
JOSEPH H. McSWEENEY, M.D., Chairman ANTHONY F. COTA WALTER W. WHITTAKER
Total
49
26
21
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Somerville, Mass.
Gentlemen :
In the name of the Board of Trustees of the Somerville Pub- lic Library, I wish to present to you a record of the librarian's report and the library's activities during the past year. It is a report of loyal, faithful service in the cause of Somerville's commonweal, a record of unselfish devotion to duty, a record unsurpassed by any library staff in Massachusetts, a record that we are proud to present to you.
Therefore, it is with deep disappointment we find that this loyal devoted service to Somerville's men, women and children is unacknowledged and even unrecognized. The staff of the Somerville Public Library is one of the finest and most efficient in the State. It is at the same time, the most under- paid in the State. We, of the Board of Trustees, felt that this injustice should be remedied. We felt that since the "laborer is worthy of his hire", the Somerville Public Library laborers were worthy of a better salary, a salary at least approaching that of a living wage, a salary at least approaching that of other library staffs in cities of the same size. Thus with the unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees, we recommended a budget with these increased salaries. To our disappointment, I say again, the increases were completely rejected. And not only that but the appropriation for books was cut in a drastic measure, so that, at a time when books will be more plentiful than ever and good up-to-date reading will be most necessary for our citizens and especially for our school children, it will be impossible for the library to have these books because of the cut in the appropriation.
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Gentlemen, it is perhaps misunderstanding on your part of the importance of a library and an intelligent library staff in the community. The library can be a very well-spring of mental, moral and even physical upbuilding. The library staff can be and should be keen, bright, intelligent girls, the source of invaluable information on every possible subject. This has been true, I have found from personal experience, with the staff of the Somerville Public Library. But due to dissatisfaction and lack of a living wage, these splendid girls are leaving us to join the staff of other libraries in smaller cities which pay better salaries. We feel that this is an emer- gency; and we ask you honorable gentlemen if you will please take this matter under further consideration; that we may make and keep the Somerville Public Library what it should be, the finest and grandest in all the land .
Yours very sincerely,
REV. ANTHONY J. FLAHERTY
President
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Term Expires
Rev. Anthony J. Flaherty, President
January 1, 1948
Mr. Louis B. Connelly, Vice-President
"
1948
Mr. William J. Donovan
1948
Mr. George K. Coyne
=
1947
Mr. John J. Griffin
1947
Mrs. Josephine J. Hurley
"
1947
Rev. J. Franklin Burkhart
1946
Dr. Thomas E. Leonard
1946
Mr. William H. McKenna
,
1946
COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION
Mr. Louis B. Connelly, Chairman
Mr. William J. Donovan Mrs. Josephine J. Hurley
Dr. Thomas E. Leonard The President, ex-officio
COMMITTEE ON BOOKS AND CATALOGING
Mr. William H. McKenna, Chairman Rev. J. Franklin Burkhart Mr. George K. Coyne
Mr. John J. Griffin The President, ex-officio
COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY
The President and the Vice-President
-
SECRETARY OF THE BOARD Mr. John D. Kelley
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY AND STAFF PERSONNEL December 31, 1945
CENTRAL LIBRARY-Highland Avenue and Walnut Street WEST SOMERVILLE BRANCH-40 College Avenue EAST SOMERVILLE BRANCH-Broadway and Illinois Avenue UNION SQUARE BRANCH-50 Bow Street WINTER HILL STATION-Bingham School, Lowell Street TEN HILLS STATION-10 Temple Street TEELE SQUARE STATION-1164 Broadway JOHN D. KELLEY, Librarian
PROFESSIONAL GRADED SERVICE
VIVIAN J. MORSE, Executive Assistant IRENE F. WARD, Administrative Assistant CORA B. EAMES, Reference Librarian and Second Assistant
ANNA E. CULLEN, Chief Cataloger MARY B. BARTLETT, Supervisor of Schools, Deposits, and Children's Work MYRTLE NICHOLSON, Central Desk Chief
Branch Librarians
ELSIE K. WELLS, West Somerville Branch KATHRYN KENNY, East Somerville Branch BARBARA NILES, Union Square Branch
Station Executives
CATHERINE COTTER, Winter Hill Station EMMA MERLINI, Ten Hills Station MARY M. NOONAN, Teele Square Station
First Assistants
RUTH HOLMES, Reference Department JOHN T. MACKEY, Reference Department MARGARET B. SCANLAN, Reference Department ELIZABETH W. HENNIGAN, Catalog Department MARY E. CULLINANE, Circulation Department M. PHYLLIS BRINE, West Somerville Branch RUTH D. WARNER, East Somerville Branch Union Square Branch
Children's Librarians
RITA D. ADAMS, Central Library West Somerville Branch East Somerville Branch Union Square Branch
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Senior Assistants
KATHERINE J. WHITE, Periodical Department
ANN F. DENNIS, Catalog Department KATHERINE AUSTIN, On Leave
LILLIAN G. CASEY, Junior Library, West Somerville Branch ELIZABETH L. CLIFFORD, Junior Library, East Somerville Branch MARY F. WARREN, Junior Library, Union Square Branch
Junior Assistants
IRENE M. WESTHOFF, Union Square Branch LOIS W. CRAWFORD, Office MARY A. HENEGHAN, West Somerville Branch
UNGRADED SERVICE
Non-Professional
MARY R. PHELAN, Central Circulation Department
Part Time Attendants
RITA F. BRUNET
FRANCIS A. CRUISE
MARY E. DOHERTY
HELEN O'BRIEN
MARY F. DONAHOE
HELEN M. O'NEIL
GLORIA F. GRAHAM
MARY T. RONAYNE
ELSIE J. M. GROVER
CORNELIUS F. HART
ETHEL M. SMITH
MARY E. HARTNOLL
PHYLLIS M. TWOMBLY
HELEN M. WALSH
MARILYN F. LEGERE
DOROTHY T. LIBERATORE
LOIS E. MacDONALD
THERESA F. McGONAGLE
MARY C. McQUADE
FAITH A. SMALL
AGNES J. KELLEY
BEATRICE H. WILLIAMSON
NANCY E. WRIGHT
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REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Trustees :
The year 1945 will long live in our memory because of two facts: 1) The historical significance of events-President Roosevelt's death, April 14th ; V-E Day, May 8th ; Japan's sur- sender, August 14th; V-J Days, August 15th and 16th. 2) The problems arising from one of the most vexing years in the administration of our library organization. Continuing res- ignations without the possibility of replacements have placed us in a position of attempting to offer our services to the pub- lic under most trying conditions. A large staff of part time workers has made it possible to serve our patrons in some de- gree but the immense amount of work, reverted to our regular staff, has practically reached the saturation point. We can not continue under present conditions without a complete break- down of staff morale unless of course these overburdened mem- lers receive the financial reward commensurate with the re- sponsibilities placed upon them.
At the June meeting of the Board of Trustees, the Librar- ian was instructed to submit a revised Scheme of Service and Salary Scale. With the assistance of the staff the revision of the Scheme of Service, to be known as the Personnel Plan, is now being made. Also with the assistance of the staff, the Salary Scale was revised, submitted to the Board of Trustees in October and adopted by them. It was then sent to His Honor, the Mayor, for his approval which, to date, has not been forthcoming. However, the Board of Trustees feeling so strongly concerning the low wage standards has included the revised schedule as part of the budget for 1946. We are hoping for favorable reaction on the part of the Mayor-es- pecially when we realize that the library department is the lowest paid department of the city government.
With the ending of World War II our circulation during the last six months has made a definite reverse from the down- ward trend of previous years, and the most interesting fea- ture is that the proportion of gain is practically the same in the adult as the juvenile department. In this same period we have had a marked increase in registered borrowers. These
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facts point definitely to larger increases in circulation with greater responsibilities for our meager staff during the com- ing year.
When one finds himself in this predicament, the temp- tation is great to employ anyone available with the fervant hope that, by quantity, one might make up for the lack of quality. Bearing this in mind our selection of applicants must bear severe scrutiny so that we will not make the fatal mistake of employing those who lack educational, temperamental, and adaptable qualifications to maintain our staff on the high level it has attained with the passing years.
The opening of the Teele Square Station in June was the answer to a long felt need to cover the Western extremity of the city. The immediate response is heartening and we are certain that as time goes on the choice of this location will prove of immense value to the community. Since the opening day on June 27th, 737 residents of this section have registered as borrowers, and 13,040 books have been lent.
An opportunity long hoped for was innovated in the early spring, establishing a closer contact between the Library and the School Department. Through the efforts of Dr. Leo C. Donahue, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, meetings with the Elementary and Junior High Masters, School Librarians, and Mrs. Bartlett, our Supervisor of School Work, have been regularly conducted with open discussions of ways and means to improve our services to the schools. The results have been most gratifying. There has been considerable accomplished, both in a better all-around understanding of requirements from the school and the library angles, and the school person- nel becoming more aware of the importance and value of the work and services offered by our library.
Our Reference Department has had an extremely busy year, for beside the ordinary routine work they have had the added burden of the Tello-Test Quiz Programs on the air both morning and night with an average of twenty-five to thirty phone calls to the Central Library, not counting the branches, for answers to the questions on each program. One morning our Central desk received fifty-seven calls as a result of this program. Though some may dispute the value of the time and effort required to handle this extra burden, I am firmly con-
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vinced that it has acquainted hundreds of people to a service of the library which they never realized was dispensed and in time has made them appreciate that our only function is not the mere routine process of charging and discharging books. An interesting sidelight on this program-Our postman checks with us each day for the answers to give to the people on his route who call to him from their windows as he passes on his way.
Though our problems in the past have appeared most severe we realize as we look in the future that there is much to be accomplished in the betterment of our services. There are, however, many physical handicaps over which we have no control such as the lighting and maintenance of our buildings. With the exception of the Union Square Branch we have all one would desire as to location and buildings, yet the dete- rioration which has set in over a period of years is appalling. Each and every building urgently needs complete renovation from roof to foundation and we firmly trust some effort will be made in this direction during the coming year. Recom- mendations by the Librarian sent to His Honor's Post War Planning Committee have set forth these needs, which includ- ed the possibility of relocating the Union Square Branch at a point more central to the needs and demands of this district. In its present location this Branch is too close to the Central Library, too far from the shopping area of Union Square, and structurally most unsatisfactory for library service requiring a staff much too large to offer the few services required in this locality. An added thoughit to our needs is the. estab- lishment of a Circulation Station, similar to Ten Hills and Teele Square, in the vicinity of Cedar and Summer Streets. As one surveys our registration maps it is evident that the Central Library in an easterly direction and the West Branch in a westerly direction are too far removed to encourage resi- dents of this area to patronize either location. An effort to alleviate this condition would be most graciously received and would correct a condition unfair to a large number of our tax- payers.
It is with deep regret that we report the death in Octo- ber of Miss Nellie M. Whipple, who retired in September 1940, after forty years of service, the last thirty years of which she served as Assistant Librarian. Miss Whipple's death has been keenly felt by her many friends in Somerville who knew her
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as a devoted, faithful, and conscientious worker over a period of so many years in the Somerville Public Library.
Resignations have been received during the year from the following staff members : Mildred A. Bowley, Chief Cataloger; Rita Finn Brassil, First Assistant at the West Branch; Mary B. Gravelle, First Assistant at the East Branch; and Cath- erine P. Killilea. Katherine P. Austin was granted a leave of absence from September 1945 to June 1946.
Under the Scheme of Service the following appointments and promotions were made : Rita D. Adams, appointed Chil- dren's Librarian ; Lois W. Crawford and Mary A. Heneghan, appointed Junior Assistants; Mary R. Phelan, appointed to the Non-Professional Grade; Anna E. Cullen, promoted to Chief Cataloger; Elizabeth W. Hennigan, Margaret B. Scan- lan, Ruth D. Warner, and John T. Mackey, promoted to First Assistants; Katherine R. Austin, promoted to Second Year Senior Assistant.
I know I need not elaborate by words of commendation or appreciation for the extraordinary work of our staff. They are working under most difficult conditions but are willingly accepting a situation which they realize is beyond our control. They do not seek words of praise, but financial recognition.
To the Board of Trustees I am indebted for their sym. pathetic understanding of our problems, their advice and coun- sel.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN D. KELLEY, Librarian.
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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FORM FOR UNIFORM STATISTICS
City-Somerville County-Middlesex State-Massachusetts
Name of Library-The Public Library of the City of Somerville
Date of Founding-1872
Name of Librarian-John D. Kelley
Report for fiscal year ending-December 31, 1945
Governmental unit of support and service-City
Population served (1940 U. S. Census)-102,304
Terms of use-Free for lending, free for reference Agencies-Central Library
1
Branches-in library buildings in municipal building
2
Stations- in municipal building
1
in rented rooms
2
Others- in school rooms
272
in institutions
8
in clubs
9
Total
296
CIRCULATION AND USE
Number of volumes of adult non-fiction lent for home use
39,764
Number of volumes of adult fiction
lent for home use
132,711
Number of volumes for juveniles
lent for home use
241,439
Total number of volumes lent for home use
413,914
Period of loan for the majority of adult book stock-14 days
Number of inter-library loans-Volumes lent
23
Volumes borrowed
20
Number of reference questions answered-11,781
REGISTRATION
Adult
Juvenile 6,857
Total
Total number of registered borrowers
8,173
15,030
Borrowers registered during year
4,052
3,350
7,402
Registration period-2 years
BOOK STOCK
Number of volumes December 31, 1944 ....
87,677
Juvenile 34,898 6,024
Total 122,575 11,191
Total
92,844
40,922
133,766
Number of volumes withdrawn during year
4,000
4,241
8,241
Number of volumes December 31, 1945 ...
88,844
36,681
125,525
Number of newspapers currently received excluding duplicates
7
Number of periodicals currently received excluding duplicates
193
FINANCE
Assessed valuation of city-$116,941,600.00
Rate of library tax levy for fiscal year reported: 87/100 of a mill
Adult
Number of volumes added during year
5,167
1
274
ANNUAL REPORTS
RECEIPTS
Local Taxation:
Library Department
$79,143.70
Fines included in above $3,561.77
Dog licenses included in above 5,201.60
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